Author: Thomas J. Watson

Quotes

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

- Thomas J. Watson

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

- Thomas J. Watson

Good design is good business.

Good design is good business.

- Thomas J. Watson

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

- Thomas J. Watson

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

- Thomas J. Watson

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

- Thomas J. Watson

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

- Thomas J. Watson

A manager is an assistant to his men.

A manager is an assistant to his men.

- Thomas J. Watson

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

- Thomas J. Watson

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